ELON MUSK, CEO OF TESLA AND SPACEX RECENTLY ELECTED PERSON OF THE YEAR IS SOUTH AFRICAN!

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ELON MUSK, CEO OF TESLA AND SPACEX RECENTLY ELECTED PERSON OF THE YEAR IS SOUTH AFRICAN!

"Person of the Year"
Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, recently elected "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine is South African!

Born in Pretoria to a South African dad and a Canadian mom, Elon Musk had a complicated youth, living with his divorced father and being harassed and bullied at school.
At 17, he moved to Canada and obtained Canadian nationality thanks to his mother.
Elon Musk is also the founder of PayPal, sold in 2002, and SpaceX. He has been CEO of Tesla since 2008.
“Person of the Year is a marker of influence, and few individuals have had more influence than Elon Musk on Earth, and potentially off Earth too,” wrote Edward Felsenthal, Editor-in-Chief of the Time.
"In 2021, Elon Musk emerges not only as the richest person in the world, but also as the wealthiest example of massive change in our society."

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